What shall we do for conditional picks? Examples being pick 48, 65, 78, 176

Conditional picks suck for mock drafting.

A lot of the conditions are in regards to whether a player re-signs with a team or not. For those I would say we could analyze them case by case and come to a group decision on whether or not the team in question would actually sign that player.

For example: As the Sharks I have a conditional 5th or 6th round pick from the rangers, with the condition being the Rangers signing Jody Shelly. I do not think the rangers will re-sign him, so I should get the 6th instead of the 5th, though if more people think the rangers are going to re-sign Shelly then I will gladly grab the 5th rounder instead

In the case of the 2nd round pick Chicago traded to Ottawa, i think its safe to assume that they will give up the worst of the three picks, so probably their own.

I think what confuses me most is the value of the compensatory 2nd round pick that was awarded to Montreal and was traded to the islanders for Wisniewski.